The plans include demolishing an existing one-story service station and auto repair shop on the 0.55-acre site and constructing a single building containing a 1,820-square-foot drive-thru and 3,220-square-foot retail center.

The gas pump islands and canopy would be removed. The total estimated cost of the project is $400,000.

The single-lane drive-thru would primarily be accessed from a proposed curb cut on Jackson Avenue with vehicles exiting through the Westgate Shopping Center.

A total of 26 parking spaces are proposed for the restaurant and retail uses. Nineteen of the spaces are located on site and seven spaces are shared with Westgate.

According to a planning staff report, the service station on the site has existed since at least 1961.

Until recently, the city's C3 zoning allowed drive-thru facilities as a permitted use. Due to recent changes, the drive-thru, which staff determined met the city's standards, required special exception use approval from the Planning Commission.

The drive-thru and retail center are expected to generate about 202 customer trips during the morning peak hour and 138 trips during the afternoon peak hour.

City staff believes that won't cause traffic backups, as the customers will be primarily traffic that is already driving by the site.